Ubuntu
dhcdbd package

  1. Hardy (8.04)
  2. Bug #93360
  3. Comment #36

Comment 36 for bug 93360

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ironstorm (ironstorm-gmail) wrote : Re: Dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth1 for sub-path eth1.dbus.get.reason

Tried to remove dhcdbd and lost my SSH session just now. The machine dropped off the network when it go to:

Removing network-manager-kde ...
Removing network-manager ...
 * Stopping network connection manager NetworkManager

This is going to be a problem for people who run on headless servers...

If the bug is not going to get fixed, then someone should write a workaround script for people to use during upgrades...

Something like:
sudo nohup workaround-upgrade.sh # prevent the following script being terminated if the session hangs up
   #!/bin/sh
   aptitude remove network-manager network-manager-kde # wipe out the nasty packages that cause the problem
   sleep 5
   dhclient # reinitialize the NIC so people can connect again